by Royal Tezza » 01 May 2012 12:33
by Royal Tezza » 01 May 2012 12:33
by Royal Prince » 01 May 2012 12:49
by Z175 » 01 May 2012 12:54
by pea » 01 May 2012 13:10
by loyalroyal4life » 01 May 2012 13:34
Royal Tezza Here's our bit:
Dream or nightmare? I think it's safe to say that Reading's season, in particular the second-half of it, has been an absolute dream. The form that we've been in since Christmas has been almost unbelievable and, pessimist that I am, I was waiting for the game where it would start to unravel. But that game never really came and to first win promotion and then the Championship trophy as well — incredible. It would be fair to say that the signing of Jason Roberts was a turning point in our season — his experience and guile helped to eke out victories where we might otherwise have struggled to complete the job. And it's clear that he has been an important figure in our dressing room as well. And with a new owner coming in, the future looks bright. Anton Zingarevich has made all of the right noises so far, so we hope he will build on the good work that Sir John Madejski has done for the club.
Top marks Officially our player of the season was Alex Pearce but, for me, it was his partner in central defence Kaspers Gorkss who deserves the plaudits for organising our back line, making it the meanest in the division and his experience has rubbed off on younger players around him.
Bottom of the class Hard to pick a donkey after a season like this one, but Simon Church has perhaps been our weakest player. The signing of Jason Roberts showed how much we needed the extra quality in attack and I'd be surprised to see Church feature much next season.
The gaffer I can't praise Brian McDermott highly enough. After taking us to the play-off final last season, before losing his best players in Shane Long and Matt Mills, the gaffer has created a title-winning team, despite having to rebuild the side. And he turned down Wolves, where I live and commute to the games from. Legend.
Best moment An easy one this – the pitch invasion when we were promoted was the season's highlight. I couldn't make the game when we won the Championship six years ago, so personally it felt great to be involved in the celebrations this time around.
Worst moment The loss at home to Watford in September was our fifth in a row and, I'll admit, did make me question my decision to buy a season ticket and drive down from Wolverhampton every other week for the games …
Best fans I was amazed at how many Nottingham Forest fans stayed behind to applaud us after we beat them at the Madejski Stadium to secure promotion. Even during the madness of the pitch invasion, that stuck with me.
Worst fans A small portion of the Crystal Palace visiting fans to the Madejski didn't exactly cover themselves in glory, ripping up advertising hoardings and trying to offer everyone out for a fight. But the ones I met outside the ground later were fine!
Todd Nash, Reading fan (@toddnash)
by Stuka » 01 May 2012 13:39
by TBM » 01 May 2012 13:45
by Stuka » 01 May 2012 13:46
by RobRoyal » 01 May 2012 14:02
by Maguire » 01 May 2012 14:32
RobRoyal Let's face it, our away following is small. We're always going to be vulnerable to a bit of abuse for that, especially when we're successful.
by urz13 » 01 May 2012 15:12
by Platypuss » 01 May 2012 15:13
Maguire Attendance beef is the dominion of keyboard warriors who haven't got anything better to worry about. Same as singing.
by Rex » 01 May 2012 15:14
urz13 Ours is small, but one of the better ones. Compare that to Blackpool, who's is small bit also extremely quiet.
by RobRoyal » 01 May 2012 15:23
MaguireRobRoyal Let's face it, our away following is small. We're always going to be vulnerable to a bit of abuse for that, especially when we're successful.
Who cares? Being criticised by a Peterborough fan (ave attendance 9111) is just chucking rocks at the throne.
Attendance beef is the dominion of keyboard warriors who haven't got anything better to worry about. Same as singing.
by Silver Fox » 01 May 2012 15:28
by Royal With Cheese » 01 May 2012 15:36
Silver Fox 'greed and 'greed some more
Although the West ham fan has a point wrt sock waving belmontery
by Ian Royal » 01 May 2012 16:04
Silver Fox 'greed and 'greed some more
Although the West ham fan has a point wrt sock waving belmontery
by gazzer, loyal royal » 01 May 2012 16:22
Ian RoyalSilver Fox 'greed and 'greed some more
Although the West ham fan has a point wrt sock waving belmontery
Agree also, apart from the sock waving... it achieved it's goal if it got under the skin of those evolutionarily challenged idiots.
by Friday's Legacy » 01 May 2012 16:29
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